The Palaeotypography of the French Renaissance

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This collection of thirteen essays examines sixteenth-century type design in France. Typefaces developed during this period were to influence decisively the typography of the centuries which followed, and they continue to influence a great many contemporary typefaces. The papers' common goal is to establish the paternity of the typefaces described and critically to appraise their attributions, many of which have previously been inadequately ascribed. Such an approach will be of interest to type historians and type designers seeking better-documented attributions, and to historians, philologists, and bibliographers, whose study of historical imprints will benefit from more accurate type descriptions. The papers and illustrations focus on the most important letter-cutters of the French Renaissance, including Simon de Colines, Robert Estienne, Claude Garamont, Robert Granjon, Pierre Haultin, and also include a number of minor masters of the period.Style, date and oc- currences at places where Haultin lived ascertain the at-
tribution, which is supported by the Plantin and Le BAc inventories (Early inv.,
1960, 11a12 (MA 66a); Morison, ... 1699, J.G. Baumann, Nuremberg, Specimen
character- um, a#39;Nonparel Cursiva#39; (Mori, 1924, pl. ... Variant letters it is unclear
whether or not the duplicate forms of A, M, R and v mentioned above originate
from the It 43anbsp;...

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The Palaeotypography of the French Renaissance

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Hendrik D. L. Vervliet

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BRILL - 2008

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